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Life sciences startups in Scotland

ayeoh's record holds 39 life sciences startups in Scotland. 34 of them have a funding round on record, £277.2m disclosed across 35 rounds. 29 of them are in the news ayeoh links. A startup here is a company incorporated in the last 10 years, or one with an equity round on record since 2021.

Companies on ayeoh

NCIMB

Life sciences

£1.7m raised

iGii

Hardware

£31.5m raised

Phlo

Life sciences

£9m raised

Life sciences startups in Scotland

Chemify

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £22m disclosed · 25 articles

EnteroBiotix

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £27m disclosed · 25 articles

Nami Surgical

Glasgow · Life sciences · 2 rounds, £6.56m disclosed · 15 articles

Chromacity

Edinburgh · Quantum · 1 round, £1m disclosed · 15 articles

Cumulus Oncology

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £9m disclosed · 15 articles

NCIMB

Aberdeen · Life sciences · 1 round, £1.7m disclosed · 14 articles

Green Bioactives

Life sciences · 1 round, £1.09m disclosed · 12 articles

Bioliberty

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £6.2m disclosed · 11 articles

BIOCAPTIVA

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £1.58m disclosed · 9 articles

Carcinotech

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £4.2m disclosed · 9 articles

Solasta Bio

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £10.61m disclosed · 9 articles

Biotangents

Penicuik · Life sciences · 1 round, £2.3m disclosed · 8 articles

Trogenix

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £70m disclosed · 8 articles

iGii

Stirling · Hardware · 2 rounds, £31.5m disclosed · 6 articles

Invizius

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £950k disclosed · 5 articles

Lario Therapeutics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £4.7m disclosed · 4 articles

Wobble Genomics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £8.46m disclosed · 4 articles

Concinnity Genetics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £2.37m disclosed · 3 articles

Metacarpal

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £800k disclosed · 3 articles

Kāhu SiliconBio

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £1.2m disclosed · 2 articles

MyWay Digital Health

Dundee · Life sciences · 3 articles

Phlo

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £9m disclosed · 2 articles

Staffscanner

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £960k disclosed · 2 articles

Brigid Bio

Life sciences · 1 round, £150k disclosed · 1 article

Cerefuze Medical UK

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £99.8k disclosed · 1 article

Mironid

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £34m disclosed · 1 article

ScreenIn3D

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £750k disclosed · 1 article

uFraction8

Falkirk · Life sciences · 1 round, £3.4m disclosed · 1 article

BioMara

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £116k disclosed

Keltic Pharma Therapeutics

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £350k disclosed

OGI Bio

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £650k disclosed

Pheno Therapeutics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 article

Regenerus Laboratories

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £8m disclosed

Silver Lion Innovations

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £1m disclosed

Symbiosis

Stirling · Life sciences · 1 round, £4.3m disclosed

TileBio

Glasgow · AI · 1 round, £1.6m disclosed

Clinical Audit Compass

Glasgow · Life sciences

Daysix Medical

Edinburgh · Life sciences

Glox Therapeutics

Glasgow · Life sciences

Also on the Companies House register

Theorem Laser Systems

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC900797

Imukno

Edinburgh · registered 2024 · SC824427

Neurobite Technologies

Glasgow · registered 2024 · SC794704

WELLO2

Glasgow · registered 2023 · SC792186

Listed from Companies House: active firms with a Scottish registered office. ayeoh has not written about these.

Investors and funders named in their rounds

Scottish Enterprise

22 rounds

Old College Capital

8 rounds

Scottish National Investment Bank

8 rounds

Eos Advisory

5 rounds

SIS Ventures

4 rounds

Maven Capital Partners

3 rounds

University of Strathclyde

3 rounds

Archangels

2 rounds

Calculus Capital

2 rounds

Foresight Group

2 rounds

Innovate UK

2 rounds

IQ Capital

2 rounds

Kelvin Capital

2 rounds

Mercia Ventures

2 rounds

Par Equity

2 rounds

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The Scotsman · Glasgow

Scottish medtech firm hails US breakthrough in £13 billion robotic surgery market

The Scotsman · Glasgow

Questions the record answers

How many life sciences startups are there in Scotland?
ayeoh's record holds 39 life sciences startups in Scotland, among them Chemify, EnteroBiotix, Nami Surgical, Chromacity and Cumulus Oncology. It counts the companies with news, a funding round, a grant, a job or an event on the record.
Which life sciences startups in Scotland have raised the most?
On ayeoh's record: Trogenix (£70m across 1 round), Mironid (£34m across 1 round) and iGii (£31.5m across 2 rounds).
Who invests in life sciences startups in Scotland?
The investors named most often in their rounds: Scottish Enterprise (22 rounds), Old College Capital (8 rounds) and Scottish National Investment Bank (8 rounds).

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